To limit two weeks of questions, confusion and occasional answers on the valuation of the Nintendo Switch 2, pre -sale, DLC, Switch 2, controllers and others, here are another strange scenario to be added to the stack. According to FAQ from Marvelous from the upcoming game Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, at least some physical cartridges of Nintendo Switch 2 will be compatible with Nintendo Switch 1.
It results from this Wonderful FAQwhich includes the following:
What is the physical “Nintendo Switch 2 Edition”?
Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is a red 64 GB game card, which covers the Nintendo Switch game and the update package.
There is no need to download the full game: simply insert the card to the Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2 console, and the correct version will be launched automatically.
Like most newfangled titles, compact updates or patches can be available during the premiere to ensure minor corrections and improvements, but ensure: the full game is on the game card, ready to play from the first day.
This suggests that you can buy Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Guardians of Azuma and put it in the Nintendo Switch 1 to play in the Nintendo Switch 1 Edition of the Game, if you choose. If this is the case, we hear for the first time about the possibility of playing some switch 2 inserts on switch 1.
We have been knowing for some time that most Switch 1 games will be compatible with Switch 2. We also know that games that are exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 (for example Mario Kart World) or Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of Switch 1 Games (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch 2 Edition, with all updates) Played on Switch and Switch 2 Cartridges Ins and Into Int. Switch 1 to get the version of the same Switch 1 game, so far in the air. Some players have I noticed the picture at Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour This suggested a compact “cut” in plastic cartridges of switches 2, it can prevent it, but whether this cut is preventive or not, it turns out.
It is also not clear how exactly this will apply. We know that Nintendo Switch 2 Edition 2 Edition First Party and another company will include both the base game and Switch 2 Edition updates on the cassette, while other third pages can spend Switch 2 Edition games as codes of downloading in physical packaging. In addition, some Nintendo Switch 2 games will not have a game on the insert, but instead they will contain a game key card that will allow you to download the game after inserting it.
Basically, when you buy Nintendo Switch 2 in a retail game, you can get any of the following:
- Physical Nintendo Switch 2 ALUME GAME BAG, which only works on switch 2
- Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, which has the Nintendo Switch 1 version on the insert, as well as the SWITCH 2 update, which can be played, but cannot be played both on switch 2 and in the basic version on switch 1
- The key card that does not have a game in it, but allows you to download a given game (and can also be useful on Switch 1)
- Physical field with download key for switch 2, which it can, but also does not have to work on switch 1
If all this has a spinning head, you are not alone. It was a misleading ride, trying to determine what exactly you can buy when buying inounts Nintendo Switch 2 games, and Nintendo fluctuated to enter and explain everything. We got to Nintendo to comment on the wonderful FAQ, in particular asking if it is true that some Switch 2 cartridges will be playable on switch 1, and if so, what. We will update this story if more information appears.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior Ign reporter. You can find her post on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.skyla. Do you have a hint with history? Send it to ralentine@ign.com.
